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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 187; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0142\">142<\/a>; in 2015, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0502\">502<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0503\">503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1417175,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356411,"identifier":"27-9","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-9","url":"\/27-9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-9\/","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Organization of fire company","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A writing stating the formation of a <span class=\"dictionary\">fire company<\/span>, with the names of the members thereof thereto subscribed, shall be recorded in the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the city or the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the county wherein such <span class=\"dictionary\">fire company<\/span> is located, after which the members of the <span class=\"dictionary\">fire company<\/span> may make regulations for effecting its <span class=\"dictionary\">objects<\/span> consistent with the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, the <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinances<\/span> of the county, city, or town and the bylaws of the <span class=\"dictionary\">fire department<\/span> thereof. 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The principal\nofficer of such fire company shall be known as &#8220;the chief.&#8221;\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3122; 1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}